Phase-shift studies of Hg(3 P 0) reactions. Part 3.?Complexes of Hg(3 P 0) with some primary amines

Rate constants for bimolecular and termolecular reactions with Hg(3P0), lifetimes of complexes with Hg(3P0), and lower limits for dissociation energies of complexes with Hg(3P0), have been determined for ethylamine, n-propylamine, isopropylamine, n-butylamine, sec-butylamine, isobutylamine and tert-butylamine. These results, when supplemented by previous values for the quantum efficiencies of mercury-sensitized luminescence, allow us to assess the relative importance of Hg(3P0) in the sensitized decompositions of amines.